Resolutions

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church direct the Office for Transition Ministry, in consultation with the Church Pension Fund, dioceses, seminaries, and other appropriate agencies to gather data periodically using surveys and other mechanisms about: 1) the numbers of clergy who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender or gender nonbinary; 2) the deployment of such self-identified clergy, including whether their positions are part time, full time, or non-stipendiary; 3) their compensation, and 4) to broadly disseminate the report by electronic and other means.